Where does “eochair” come from?

eochair (Irish) comes from Scottish Gaelic iuchair, from Proto-Celtic *ikūr, from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥, from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ — Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns.

eochair (Irish): key; key; clef

Definitions

  1. key; key; clef

Ancestry of “eochair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaeliciuchairkey; clef
2Proto-Celtic*ikūr—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyókʷr̥liver
4Proto-Indo-European-r̥Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns

Words derived from “eochair”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Celtic *ikūr →